For stock market advice, I always turn to my dad. He's not a stockbroker. But he has watched almost every episode of "Wall Street Week" since the mid-1970s. Now that he's retired, he sometimes watches the same episode of "Mad Money" twice in the same day. (The hands-down superiority of Louis Rukeyser over Jim Cramer will be discussed in a future editorial.)

Here's what my dad said about newly public Boise Cascade: "I like companies with tangible products — like building materials."

Guns and hardware
“Gun thieves will resort to any means to achieve their goal. Dealers take multiple efforts to prevent the thieves from access and slow the theft (these include vehicle barriers, steel doors and curtains, in-store safes and in-store bank vaults) to allow time for the police to respond. The truth is if someone wants to steal something and they are intelligent, they will figure out a way to do it or at least try.”
— Bruce Pfuhl
Sales manager hardware/industrial/AG Benchmade Knife Co.

Guns and hardware
“Gun thieves will resort to any means to achieve their goal. Dealers take multiple efforts to prevent the thieves from access and slow the theft (these include vehicle barriers, steel doors and curtains, in-store safes and in-store bank vaults) to allow time for the police to respond. The truth is if someone wants to steal something and they are intelligent, they will figure out a way to do it or at least try.”
— Bruce Pfuhl
Sales manager hardware/industrial/AG Benchmade Knife Co.

Home Channel News Friday contained a link to a video in which stock-market celebrity Jim Cramer made it clear that he thought Home Depot was out-executing Lowe's. We asked readers where they thought the rivalry was heading. Here's what we heard:

Home Channel News Friday contained a link to a video in which stock-market celebrity Jim Cramer made it clear that he thought Home Depot was out-executing Lowe's. We asked readers where they thought the rivalry was heading. Here's what we heard: